BRCA1 Directs the Repair Pathway to Homologous Recombination by Promoting 53BP1 Dephosphorylation
Summary: BRCA1 promotes homologous recombination (HR) by activating DNA-end resection.By contrast, 53BP1 forms a barrier that inhibits DNA-end resection.Here, we show that BRCA1 promotes DNA-end resection by relieving the 53BP1-dependent barrier.We show that 53BP1 is phosphorylated by ATM in S/G2 phase, promoting RIF1 recruitment, which inhibits re